Last week, if you squinted your eyes and tilted your head a little bit to the right, you might have thought America had magically traveled back in time to the 1950s (or 1850s). The recent shift in the... Read more >>

Although the most noticeable side effect—and a big reason why many women stop taking the pill—is an increased chance of becoming pregnant, other changes in your body can occur after you... Read more >>

This summer, the Department of Health and Human Services could rule that birth control should be considered preventative care on the grounds that it, you know, prevents unplanned pregnancy, as well as... Read more >>

Recently, the birth control pill celebrated its fiftieth birthday. Today, it’s estimated that more than one hundred million women around the world use an oral contraceptive. For many women,... Read more >>

When a woman goes on birth control, her risk level for a number of health issues—weight fluctuations, waning sex drive, spotting between periods, headaches, and blood clots, to name a... Read more >>

We’ve all heard about the Pill, the Patch, and the Ring (and likely used one of them) and we’ve all seen the commercials telling us in pleasant voices about the possible risk of heart... Read more >>

The best form of birth control I can imagine would be to make the men have ‘em - babies that is.  I can attest to male’s innate wimpiness about abdominal pain based on my recent... Read more >>

When I read about the woman who Tweeted about her abortion recently, I thought what many blogs are now saying out loud, Oh, no, she didn’t! When I researched a bit further, however, I... Read more >>

“The talk,” as I received it, included some variation on the phrase, “Women menstruate and it’s a pain, but you’d better learn to live with it.” Not knowing there... Read more >>

Can we all agree that Rush Limbaugh says horrible things? I mean, that comes as no shock to anyone, right?  The man’s made a career out of spouting ignorant homophobic, racist, classist,... Read more >>